A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be auctioned in London later this month. The auction house Apollo Art Auctions is ...

In fact, University of Cambridge archaeologist Anthony Snodgrass, in "Arms and Armor of the Greeks ... well-preserved bronze Greek helmet, possibly linked to a Spartan warrior, offering a ...

where he would be put under In a time-honored Spartan tradition, other markers were often erected on the site of the battle. One of the most common was a tree trunk dressed in the helmet, armor ...